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The Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program (MSIPP) is a vital program within the DOE/NNSA Management and Budget, Learning and Career Management. It awards grants to Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) to prepare NNSA's next-generation technical workforce. MSIPP aligns investments in university capacity and workforce development with DOE/NNSA mission areas to develop the needed skills and talent for DOE/NNSA's enduring technical workforce and to enhance research and education at MSIs.

The program's primary mission is to create and foster a sustainable STEM pipeline that prepares a diverse workforce of world-class talent through strategic partnerships between Minority Serving Institutions and the DOE/NNSA enterprise. To execute this mission, MSIPP builds a network of NSE ready students through enrichment activities from K-20 to post-doctoral level. Through university-lab consortia partnerships, students are exposed to cutting-edge research and activities in their relevant fields.

The following MSIPP crucial success factors are:

1. Strengthen and expand MSI STEM capacity and research experience in DOE/NNSA mission areas of interest.

2. Target collaborations between MSIs and DOE/NNSA laboratories and plants that increase scientist-to-scientist interactions, visible participation of MSI faculty in DOE/NNSA technical engagements and activities, and provide MSIs direct access to DOE/NNSA facilities relative to STEM.

3. Grow the number of minority students who graduate with STEM degrees.

4. Grow the number of minority graduates and post-doctoral students hired into DOE/NNSA's STEM workforce.

Regents Of The University Of California At Riverside

UC RIVERSIDE AND UC IRVINE WILL FORM A PARTNERSHIP WITH SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORY, TO LEVERAGE OUR INDIVIDUAL UNIQUE CAPABILITIES IN ELECTRONIC DEVICES, FOCUSED ION BEAM NANOFABRICATION, AND ATOMIC SCALE MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION TO INVESTIGATE AND TO EDUCATE STUDENTS IN AREAS RELATED TO THE BASIC SCIENCE OF QUANTUM MATERIALS AND ELECTRONICS. TO PROMOTE UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION, A SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROGRAM WILL BE ESTABLISHED FOR APPROXIMATELY 4 STUDENTS EACH YEAR. IN THIS EFFORT, UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WILL BE TEAMED UP WITH GRADUATE MENTORS TO ENSURE A POSITIVE LABORATORY EXPERIENCE. THESE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WILL BE ASSIGNED MEANINGFUL PROJECTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE RESEARCH OBJECTIVES OF THE PARTNERSHIP AND BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN MENTORS AT SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR AN UPFRONT VIEW OF ADVANCED NSE RESEARCH. AT THE GRADUATE LEVEL, A TOTAL OF SIX PH.D. STUDENTS (2 PER INVESTIGATOR) WILL BE SUPPORTED EACH YEAR TO CONDUCT PH.D. DISSERTATION WORK IN EDUCATIONAL AREAS OF INTEREST TO THE NSE. THESE THESIS DISSERTATIONS WILL BE DESIGNED TO KEEP STUDENTS ENGAGED WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PARTNERSHIP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IN THE SUMMER MONTHS, THE PH.D. STUDENTS WILL TRAVEL TO SANDIA TO CONDUCT EXPERIMENTS UTILIZING THE UNIQUE NATIONAL LABORATORY INSTRUMENTATION AND TO LEARN FROM THE EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONAL LAB STAFF. A POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER AT UCR WITH EXPERTISE IN ELECTRICAL TESTING WILL SUPPORT EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS OF THE PARTNERSHIP AS WELL AS PARTICIPATE IN TRAINING OF STUDENTS IN THE SET UP AND TROUBLESHOOTING OF ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS.

81.123 - National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) Program

National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) [DOE]

NNSA Weapons Activities [DOE - NNSA]

Riverside, California United States

City-Wide

MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM (MSIPP) AND TRIBAL EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM (TEPP) (DE-FOA-0002494)

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 129% from $1,749,999 to $3,999,998.